Practice question
A wife conceives through donor-sperm insemination. Both spouses duly authorize it in a signed written instrument before birth and record it with the birth certificate, satisfying164. An opponent says donor genetics alone means the husband cannot be the legal marital father. Which is correct?
- Article164 expressly recognizes the child as legitimate under the stated authorization conditions
- Only shared genetics can ever establish marital status
- The donor automatically replaces the husband in every legal relation
- The instrument is irrelevant even though164 expressly requires it
- The child has no filiation
Legal references
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles164 and179–182.
- RA9858 amended177–178: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/17263
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